When Nigerians made history on March 28
presidential election by voting out an incumbent
president- former president Goodluck Jonathan
and opted for the emergence of President
Muhammadu Buhari, a lot of reasons were
adduced to it. But the obvious and propelling one
was the fact that, Mr. President has a personal
hatred for corruption, which has been on the
increase in the past six years.
President Buhari to fight graft, Gbajabiamila’s
group gives conditions to House of Reps
Speaker, Dogara, Kwankwaso’s reaction to
National Assembly crisis and NERC revoking
licenses of non-performing electricity firms
features on the front pages of the national dailies
for Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
According to VANGUARD, a close associate of
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, June
15, disclosed that Mr. President will use five
proposed laws to fight corruption in the country.
The source, who didn’t want to be named said a
committee of law legends, led by the vice-
president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo identified five bills
among the 46 bills hurriedly passed by the 7th
National Assembly at the point of its exit, and
forwarded it to the President for further scrutiny.
The bills are; the Office of the Financial
Ombudsman Bill 2015, National Convicts and
Criminal Records Bill 2015, Electronics
Transactions Bill 2015, Whistle Blower
Protection Bill 2015 and the Nigerian
International Financial Centre Bill 2015.
When Mallam Garba Shehu, the senior special
assistant to the president on media and publicity
was contacted, he confirmed that the presidency
was interested in the five bills. He said Mr.
President has requested legal advice on the
proposed law.
Speaking also on the increased corruption in the
country, a former president of the Nigerian Bar
Association, NBA, Olisa Agbakoba, who also map
out ways the president could tackle corruption,
said he (Buhari) must first have the political will
to do so.
Vanguard newspaper
Meanwhile, a fresh battle between the Speaker,
House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara
and former Minority Leader, Hon. Femi
Gbajabiamila has commenced in the green
chambers of the National Assembly. DAILY SUN
reports that the two sides are now locked in a
new war over chairmanships of committees,
appointment of principal officers and headship of
the Committee on Public Accounts (PAC).
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
said Gbajabiamila’s group gave conditions for
accepting to work with the new leadership of the
House. The source said the opposing group
demanded that half of the committee chairman
should be ceded to them. He said the former
minority leader wants to be the one to appoint
three out of the four principal officers, adding
that Gbajabiamila also requested to be given the
opportunity to name a Peoples Democratic Party
lawmaker from Delta state to chair the PAC.
The source revealed that APC National
Chairman, chief John Odigie-Oyegun, is okay
with all the demands made by Gbajabiamila and
is requesting Dogara to concede. www.naij.com/462388-president-buhari-unveils-weapon-to-fight-corruption.html

Time will tell...

Sandydayz:
Time will tell...

Beat me to it.
Meanwhile, you're right. Time will tell

Very good, carry go my Presido; like the whistleblower protection one - has real potential.
Hopefully soon it will be difficult for some greedy lot to be sharing our commonwealth among themselves.

Goodyshoes:

Beat me to it.
Meanwhile, you're right. Time will tell

Sandydayz:

Lol